A distinctive approach to designing and portraying architecture has emerged in China that has as much to do with politics as design, writes Austin Williams. More about "China is making a clear statement about its status in its architectural expression"
Dezeen has teamed up with Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard to challenge architects and designers to create an installation celebrating the essence of water for Clerkenwell Design Week. More about Dezeen, Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard launch Shaping Water Competition
Bermuda-based architecture studio Botelho Wood Architects has added an oceanside villa and a series of stilted spa structures to the Sugar Beach Viceroy Resort in Saint Lucia. More about Botelho Wood Architects utilises stone and wood for Saint Lucia resort update
Balinese architecture studio RAD+ar has hidden a bamboo chicken coop under an artificial hill in a park in Jakarta, Indonesia. More about RAD+ar hides bamboo chicken coop under hill in Jakarta
German architect Nico Goebel has built The Goodviewloo, an outdoor shower and composting toilet overlooking a tree-covered valley in Cantabria, Spain. More about Nico Goebel creates translucent toilet cubicle with a view in Spain
This week on Dezeen, we reported that Saudi Arabia had already spent $50 billion "building the basic infrastructure" of the Neom mega project. More about This week we reported that Neom has already cost "more than billion"
Mexico City architecture studios Módica Ledezma and JJRR Arquitectura have teamed up to construct a stacked seaside residence called Iyari, giving it inverted concrete roofs in Nayarit, Mexico. More about Módica Ledezma and JJRR Arquitectura create tiered concrete house on Mexican cliffside
Architecture studio Snøhetta has created a cloud-like form that reflects the purpose of the La Nube children's centre in El Paso, USA, while emphasising the transnational constituency of the Texas border city. More about Snøhetta creates cloud-like children's museum in El Paso
A diamond-patterned band of red bricks wraps around Plashet Road, a Passivhaus social housing project in east London by British studio Levitt Bernstein. More about Levitt Bernstein places London social housing on diamond-patterned plinth
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing plans for a 100-metre-tall structure comprised of cascading pool terraces in Dubai. More about "April 1st already?" asks commenter
Spanish studio Bofill Taller de Arquitectura has released renders of the 190-metre-tall Papuli Tower in Tirana, Albania, which has the appearance of four elongated silos. More about Bofill Taller de Arquitectura unveils La Fábrica-informed skyscraper in Tirana
Following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore in early 2024, the Maryland Transportation Authority has released designs for a rebuild, which will be Maryland's first highway cable-stayed bridge. More about Maryland Transportation Authority releases designs of Key Bridge rebuild
Promotion: London-based architecture studio Cross Works has released architectural guidelines to accompany its masterplan for a major expansion of Tashkent in Uzbekistan. More about Cross Works design guidance seeks to ensure unique identity for New Tashkent
London studio Cooke Fawcett has expanded a Grade II-listed mill house in Hampshire with timber-clad additions that open the home up to its surroundings. More about Cooke Fawcett adds timber-clad extensions to Hampshire mill house
Tirana is becoming an unlikely hotspot for offbeat architecture as politicians court high-profile foreign architects to transform the Albanian capital into a "world city". Starr Charles reports. More about Why are so many unusual skyscrapers being built in Tirana?
Danish studio BIG has unveiled its designs for a palliative care centre and hospice in Denmark, set to be built with wood and reclaimed bricks. More about BIG designs hospice in Denmark as "village for life's final days"
Architecture studio Naturehumaine has used brick facades with minimal openings to shelter this home from an adjacent, noisy road in Québec, Canada. More about Naturehumaine designs discrete lakeside home to "maximize views over the water"
Residential projects from forward-looking architects from Vietnam to Brazil feature in this roundup based on the third volume of Philip Jodidio's book Homes for Our Time. More about Ten of the most innovative contemporary houses
A sculptural blue-stained staircase is the focal point of this former coach house in Peckham, south London, which has been renovated by British architecture studio Foils. More about Foils remodels Cobalt Coach House around blue plywood staircase
RIBA Royal Gold Medal-winning studio SANAA has placed a concert hall and rehearsal space into three cuboids for the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. More about SANAA assembles trio of red-brick cuboids for MIT music building